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A man involved in the death of a 27-year-old woman who fell from an SUV that kept travelling down the Bishop Ford Expressway this week has been charged, Illinois State Police said today. Michael Johnson, 28, of Edwardsville, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence involving death, aggravated fleeing and eluding and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. “Throughout the investigation, law enforcement agents were able to connect the victim and the offender at various locations, prior to the incident,” Illinois State Police said in a statement.

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning by Homewood police responding to a call in the south suburb, officials said. The incident happened at 6:46 a.m. after police were called to the 900 block of Olive Road for a disturbance at an apartment building there, according to a police spokeswoman. When police arrived to the 3rd floor unit of the building, they were confronted by an occupant of the apartment, police said. The confrontation led police to fatally shoot the person, police said.

It's a frequent scene just outside O'Hare International Airport , almost as common as seeing airplanes land and take off. At first glance it looks like a possible multicar fender bender on Interstate 190 , the road leading to O'Hare. Cars sit on the emergency shoulder, some with their hazard lights flashing. But there are no police cars or tow trucks in sight. Drivers approaching in the right lane quickly try to switch to one of the left lanes to steer clear of the parked cars.

Two people were arrested and a third is still at large after someone suspected of shooting out an apartment window and breaking into a van fled police, speeding through the Northwest and North sides for an hour before crashing in Roscoe Village, police said. The saga began in the 4300 block of West Altgeld Street about 8 a.m. and ended about 9:20 a.m. near School Street and Paulina Avenue after the suspects caused two traffic accidents along the way and crashed the Jeep they were in, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

A man was pronounced dead Tuesday night after being hit on the Dan Ryan Expressway at 95th Street, authorities said. The victim appeared to have been struck by multiple vehicles, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. His name was not available immediately but he appeared to be in his 20s, according to the spokesman. Investigators from the Illinois State Police were working to determine whether the man jumped or fell from an overpass or whether he had been walking along the highway shoulder, state police said.

A 40-year-old man was killed running across the Eisenhower Expressway about 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to Illinois State Police. Vincent Daeea, who was homeless, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. A car in the left lane of westbound traffic hit Daeea near Kostner Avenue after he entered the expressway from the right lane. It's not clear why he was running, police said. Police diverted traffic off the highway at Independence Boulevard and back on at Cicero Avenue, police said.

An Illinois State trooper was hospitalized this morning after he lost control of his squad car and rolled it near a busy South Side intersection, authorities said. Despite the condition of the police car -- which appeared mangled in the 1:18 a.m. collision, according to witnesses -- the trooper sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to Illinois State police. The unnamed trooper was exiting the Dan Ryan Expressway on 87th Street when he somehow lost control, striking a light pole and a wrought iron fence sitting just outside of a strip mall near West 87th Street and South Lafayette Avenue, said State Police Master Sgt. Joseph Stangl.

A motorcyclist was killed this morning when he collided with a car on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway, causing a massive traffic back-up, authorities said. The collision occurred in the local lanes of the expressway just north of 39th Street at about 5:15 a.m., said Illinois State police Master Sgt. Joseph Stangl. Authorities were still gathering details on how the crash occurred, officials said. The motorcyclist, Sylvester D. Dickson, 43, of Chicago, was dead at the scene, he added.

The Megabus that pulled out of Chicago had a 25-year-old rookie behind the wheel with so little experience that he still had his trainer riding along with him. But when a front tire blew and the bus careened out of control Aug. 2 on Interstate 55, he did all he could to handle the situation, even though the bus hit a concrete pillar, killing one passenger and injuring dozens, according to Illinois State Police investigators. "When I heard the tire pop, I immediately grabbed hold extra tight to the steering wheel and let go of the accelerator.

Two people sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in a shooting on the Bishop Ford Freeway early Saturday morning, according to Illinois State Police. They were taken to Roseland Hospital by someone else, police said.They were shot about 2:40 a.m. south of the steel bridge in Dolton. Northbound traffic is being diverted off the highway at Dolton Avenue and directed back on at 130th Street. Check back for more information. pnickeas@tribune.com Twitter: @peternickeas